Managing Blossom End Rot + The Environmental Protection Agency is Done Working for You

Welcome to episode 217 of Growers Daily!

We cover: calcium, blossom end rot, how the EPA has determined that its job is the opposite of its job, and it's feedback friday!

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How to Make WCA (from KNF): https://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/oc/freepubs/pdf/sa-10.pdf

Small Egg shell study: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/379537683_Utilization_of_Eggshells-Derived_Calcium_Carbonte_as_an_Eco-Friendly_Fertilizer_Enhancing_Growth_of_Rosa_Abientina_Rosa_Fragaria_x_Ananassa_and_Soil_Health

Good Calcium Fact Sheet: https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/2024-08/az1413.pdf

Epa Cancels $& billion dollars for Solar: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/climate/epa-cancels-solar-energy-grants.html

EPA and asbestos: https://apnews.com/article/epa-trump-biden-asbestos-ban-ed91d880ca88522ea689165234df1afd

Time Article on History of EPA: https://time.com/4696104/environmental-protection-agency-1970-history/

Where to submit public comments on EPA: https://www.regulations.gov

EPA on car emissions: https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/greenhouse-gas-emissions-typical-passenger-vehicle

EPA Rolls back pollution protection: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/climate/epa-zeldin-rollbacks-pollution.html

EPA and Dicamba: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/climate/dicamba-weed-killer-epa.html

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